Believe!
Mark 11:24
[A young boy //who lived far away from his grandmother] loved video games.
His grandmother knew () he loved to collect the different games
and told him () she would send him a special new game for his birthday.
When his birthday came, there was no video game in the pile of gifts
and no note from his grandmother /saying () she had changed her mind.
When his friends asked [him] [what he got for his birthday],
he listed all the gifts () he had opened and then he added,
“And my grandma’s going to send me a new video game.”
His mother overheard him and asked him about it later,
“[The game from Grandma] didn’t come,” she said.
“Why did you tell your friends it was going to be here?”
“If Grandma said () she would get it, she will.
So it’s just the same /as if I had it now.”
Days later when there still was no video game, he asked his mother,
“Do you think () it would do any good for me to email Grandma and ask her if it’s still coming?”
His mother encouraged him to give it a try.
Grandma wrote back the same day she got her grandson’s message and said, “I haven’t forgotten your game.
I have been looking [everywhere] trying to get exactly the one () you wanted,
but have not been able to find it.
I’m sending you some money /so you can buy it in Chicago.
Would that be all right?”
This boy believed in his gift /when he could not see it.
He knew () his grandmother would not let him down.
She would keep her promise.
That is [what faith in God is all about].
We know him and we know () he will not fail us.
We know () he will keep his promises, and we live /waiting for him to give us what we need.
Dear Lord, Help me to believe that you are at work /even when I can’t see anything happening.
I know () you hear me /when I pray. Thank you for listening. Amen.